Completeness fractions, which are defined as the fraction of input stars retrieved in the output catalogues at given magnitudes, for MICADO/MAORY images in I,J,H, and K_s filters. The results are given for five different surface brightness (μ_V) Highlighted (in red) is the case for a surface brightness, μ_V = 19 mag/arcsec², in each filter, which implies a distance of around 25 arcsec from the center of a typical giant elliptical galaxy, like NGC 4472.